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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 4h

Government shutdown halted Treasury approvals for alcoholic beverages, furloughed most TTB staff, delaying product launches and creating months-long backlogs and lost sales.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 3d

Meantime Brewing offers free pints to London workers to encourage taking downtime and counter excessive overtime and skipped breaks.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 3d

Keystone Light's The Hunt hides rare Blaze Orange cans offering a 1-in-100 chance to win hunting-lodge getaways, a $1,500 case stipend, and Realtree camo merch.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 4d

Bay Area breweries won 18 of California's 79 Great American Beer Festival medals, with Ghost Town Brewing and three others earning multiple awards.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 4d

Brewbound Live will feature firsthand retail insights on intoxicating hemp beverage sales, vendor meetings, and industry leaders discussing bev-alc market trends, networking, and platform strategies.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 4d

Dogfish Head released a limited-time Rewind Variety Pack featuring four archival ales, including two crowd-chosen beers, available coast-to-coast in 12-ounce cans.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 4d

GABF showcased playful festival trends while NBWA emphasized wholesaler independence, distributor-supplier tensions, and growing interest in intoxicating hemp beverages.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 4d

Pabst Blue Ribbon's crisp, strongly carbonated light lager provides malt sweetness and mild hoppiness, creating a light, crispy beer-battered fish crust without overpowering the fish.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 5d

Brighton has a dense, eclectic pub culture combining historic locals, eccentric freehouses, microbreweries, gastropubs and relaxed beer gardens for social drinking.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 5d

The 2025 federal shutdown halted most TTB regulatory functions, threatening Pennsylvania craft breweries' operations, releases, and compliance, forcing urgent contingency responses.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 5d

The Grateful Goat brewery will close after nearly five years in Camp Hill; the business and property were sold, final service October 12, 2025.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 6d

An AI tasting tool produced inadequate beer descriptions, sparking judge backlash and management stepping away while promising to donate and open-source the AI assets.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 6d

Enterprise Brewing Co. revitalizes a former Cellarmaker space into a thriving, community-focused SOMA taproom offering lighter-profile, approachable beers and seasonal releases.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 7d

Goose Island revives King Henry as King Henry II, a 13.5% ABV English-style Barleywine aged in 2024 Bourbon County Rare barrels.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 10d

Allagash Curieux is a bourbon-barrel-aged Tripel ideal for fall, offering smooth vanilla, caramel, and bourbon notes with 10.2% ABV and dessert-friendly sweetness.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 10d

Used coffee grounds can be added to home-brewed beer to create coffee-flavored stouts, porters, IPAs, or saisons using hot or cold steeping methods.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 10d

India Pale Ale dominates U.S. craft beer sales, with diverse IPA styles appealing to a wide range of drinkers and breweries emphasizing sustainability.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 11d

East Brother Beer Company opened a sports-driven Metreon taproom and a Marin Tam Tavern combining mountain views, family history, food, and an expanded beer lineup.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 11d

Pumpkin and pumpkin-spice beers, rooted in colonial brewing out of necessity, returned with craft brewing and now appear earlier each year, staying through Thanksgiving.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 11d

Tonya Cornett was laid off after Tilray's acquisition of 10 Barrel and now leads Upp Liquids at rebranded Immersion Brewing, leveraging award-winning brewing expertise.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 12d

Downtown Martinez Zombie Beer Walk on October 11, 2025 (1–4 pm) offers 30+ craft beers, a costume contest, $45 tasting pass, 21+.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 15d

The classic British beer Double Diamond has been revived using original recipes, heritage branding, and a refreshed mascot to reconnect with contemporary drinkers.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 17d

Pumpkin beer season arrives earlier, with pumpkin-spiced beers widely available through Thanksgiving; the style dates to colonial America and revived in the 1980s.

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 17d

Blue Moon Non-Alc features limited-edition 'Answer's on the Can' packaging offering 20-plus cheeky responses to the question 'Why aren't you drinking?'

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Beer Briefly @beerbriefly.bsky.social · 17d

Ransomware disrupted Asahi's Japanese operations, halting system-based orders, shipments, and call centers and risking nationwide shortages of Asahi Super Dry.

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